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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive

Quick Start Guide

Introduction

Quantum LTO Ultrium tape drives leverage LTO technology and

Quantum-exclusive features to provide the most reliable and affordable

tape data protection to medium and large businesses.

Quantum LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives, models TC-L32AX and TC-

L32AN (internal), TC-L32BX and TC-L32BN (tabletop), and TC-L33CX and

TC-L33CN (rackmount), are the most reliable Ultrium drives on the market,

delivering reliability features only available from Quantum to extend

media life, Variable-speed Transfer to automatically match the host's data

transfer rate, and Dynamic Powerdown to protect the drive and media in

the event of power loss. Combined with SmartVerify to concurrently verify

all data written to the tape, these features make Quantum LTO drives a

sound investment and a complete data protection solution.

Figure 1 Internal Drive

Contents 0

This document is provided in the

following languages:

•English

•French

•German

• Japanese

•Korean

• Simplified Chinese

•Spanish

• Traditional Chinese

Each language includes the following

sections:

• Introduction

• Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-

Height Tape Drive

• Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-

Height Tape Drive

• Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-

Height Tape Drive

• Installing the LTO Driver Software

• Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height

Tape Drive

• Safety Compliances

• Electromagnetic Compatibility

(EMC) Compliances

Summary of content (16 pages)

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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Contents LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Introduction Quantum LTO Ultrium tape drives leverage LTO technology and Quantum-exclusive features to provide the most reliable and affordable tape data protection to medium and large businesses.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Handling Precautions and Installation Guidelines 0 Always observe the following precautions and guidelines when handling and installing LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives: • Internal, at all times • Tabletop, when removed from its free-standing enclosure Handling Precautions • Internal drives have exposed components that are sensitive to static electricity.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Preinstallation Requirements 0 Before installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, make sure you have: • • • A host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly configured in the host computer: • Parallel SCSI HBA for a parallel SCSI drive • Serial SCSI HBA for a SAS drive Interface components: • For a parallel SCSI drive, either internal or tabletop, a 68-pin parallel SCSI cable and terminator • For a SAS drive, either: • 7-pin 1x SATA-style interface cable for an int
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Configuring the Internal Parallel SCSI Tape Drive 0 IF the drive interface is . . . THEN . . . serial-attached SCSI (SAS), there is no need to configure the SCSI ID or bus termination, as SAS is a point-to-point architecture.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Figure 2 Internal Parallel SCSI ID Configuration Jumper Pins SCSI ID configuration jumper pins Terminator power Reserved SCSI ID bit 3 SCSI ID bit 2 SCSI ID bit 1 SCSI ID bit 0 Terminator power Note: Parallel SCSI controllers and host adapters generally use ID 7. In some systems, the boot drive uses ID 0 or ID 1. Avoid configuring the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive to these SCSI IDs.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Figure 3 Internal Parallel SCSI Bus Termination Examples SCSI device (termination enabled) SCSI terminator Tape drive (no termination) Tape drive (no termination) SCSI terminator SCSI device (termination disabled) SCSI controller (termination enabled) Note: SCSI controller (termination enabled) The internal parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive does not provide SCSI termination.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Mount the internal drive in a 5.25-inch, half-height drive bay as follows: 1 2 As required: a Save and close your open files and terminate all running applications. b Shut down the workstation or server system. c Disconnect the system AC power cord from the facility AC power receptacle. Remove the cover from the workstation or server system. Note: See your computer manufacturer’s instructions for the proper procedures to remove the cover. 3 Select an available 5.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Connecting the Internal Drive Interface and DC Power Cables 0 As shown in figure 6 and figure 7, the rear panels of the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives have connectors for: • Either a 68-pin parallel SCSI or a 7-pin 1x SATA-style serial-attached SCSI (SAS) interface cable • A serial library interface cable • The internal drive DC power cable Serial library port Figure 6 Internal SCSI Drive Interface and DC Power Connectors 68-pin parallel SCSI c
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive • b See the internal parallel SCSI bus termination examples in figure 3 on page 6 to check/verify the system SCSI bus configuration and install a 68-pin LVD SCSI bus terminator, as required. For the SAS internal drive, attach the internal SAS interface cable to the 7-pin 1x SATA-style SAS connector on the back of the drive.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Configuring the Tabletop Parallel SCSI Tape Drive 0 2 Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cables 3 Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System on page 13 4 Installing the LTO Driver Software on page 13, if required 5 Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive on page 13 The factory-set default configuration of the tabletop parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive is: • SCSI ID: 6 • Terminator power: enabled IF the default parall
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive After configuring the parallel SCSI ID, proceed to Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cables in the following subsection.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide 2 Depending on the interface configuration of your tabletop drive: a For the parallel SCSI tabletop drive: • Attach the SCSI IN interface cable to one of the 68-pin parallel SCSI interface connectors on the back of the drive. • Attach either the SCSI OUT interface cable or a SCSI terminator to the other parallel SCSI interface connector on the back of the drive.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Reconnect the workstation or server system AC power cord to the facility AC power receptacle. 5 After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables, proceed to Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System in the following subsection. Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System 0 After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables: 1 Set the tabletop drive AC power switch to the on position. 2 Restart the workstation or server system.
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide Safety Compliances The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives are safety compliant with the following regulatory organizations and codes in the countries indicated: Country Regulatory Organization Compliant to: Canada Canadian Standards Association (CSA) UL/CSA 60950-1 EU member nations Comité Europèen de Normalisation Electrotechnique – the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) EN 60950-1, 1st edition IECEE member nations* IECEE I
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliances The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives are EMC compliant with the following regulatory organizations and codes in the countries indicated: Country Regulatory Organization Compliant to: Australia Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) AS/NZS 3548 (same as CISPR 22) Canada Industry Canada Digital Apparatus Interference-Causing Equipment Standard (ICES-003) ICES-003 Digital Apparatus EU member nations CE Emissions
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide You should also consider the following safety points: • Install the drive in an enclosure that limits the user’s access to live parts, gives adequate system stability, and provides the necessary grounding for the drive. • Provide the correct voltages (+5 VDC and +12 VDC) based on the regulation applied—Extra Low Voltage (SEC) for UL and CSA, and Safety Extra Low Voltage for BSI and VDE (if applicable).